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The Paula Faris 'Faith & Calling' Podcast

Ep 21 - Tony Dungy: Setbacks, Sacrifice, & Success

The Paula Faris 'Faith & Calling' Podcast

AccessMore

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Talk Radio

4.4697 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Our special Father’s Day month continues with former NFL Coach, sports analyst, and dad to 11 kids, Tony Dungy. He opens up about his journey as a coach, how he knew it was his calling, the time he almost switched paths, and how he eventually knew it was time to walk away from the sidelines for good after nearly 20 years. He talks about the cross roads he faced during his first head coaching opportunity and the one question that cost him the job but would eventually become the same question that helped him land his first head coaching position with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also talks about the resistance he faced in Tampa Bay and how he overcame the setback of being fired, to eventually become the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. Coach Dungy also shares what it was like coaching one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time, Peyton Manning. He and Paula reminisce about their hometown of Jackson, Michigan and the unique connection Paula’s family has to his mother. “When you’re the boss you have to set the tone and you have to do this, and if you really want to rise to the top, you have to do this, this, and this, and that’s when you have choices to make.” Tony Dungy’s "All Pro Dad" Celebrate Father’s Month with us the entire month of June by going to PaulaFarisOfficial.com to nominate the special man in your life, he could win a $100 gift card to Home Depot! Order Paula’s Book “Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling”  Subscribe & Listen to more episodes of the Podcast at: AccessMore - Spotify - Apple Connect with Paula on Social Media: Instagram - Twitter - Facebook

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Access more.

0:03.5

Wow.

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I guess with that, Kathy, we should start the interview, right?

0:07.1

Yes, Paula.

0:08.2

There's going to be a Tomlin party of five soon.

0:10.9

You're expecting a little one.

0:12.3

Tomlin party at five.

0:13.7

That's right.

0:14.2

My third baby girl's coming.

0:16.0

You may know her from Full House or Fuller House as DJ Tanner, Candice Cameron Bray.

0:21.0

How are you? I'm really good.

0:35.4

Tracy Michelle writes that she loves listening to this podcast on her long walks and often finds herself nodding her head or laughing out loud.

0:43.3

You are the reason that this podcast is doing what it's doing.

0:46.6

And I'm going to keep crushing on you guys, reading those reviews.

0:49.7

So keep them coming.

0:51.1

So I want to tell you a little bit about me today before I tell you who I'll be

0:55.0

interviewing. I'm a small town girl. I'm from Jackson, Michigan, population around 30,000. Jackson's

1:01.3

about 90 minutes west of Detroit. Now, if you've ever met someone from the state of Michigan, we're going to

1:06.5

hold up our left hand and we're going to show you which part of the state we're from because

1:10.9

our left hand looks like Michigan.

1:12.9

That's why they call it the mitten.

1:14.6

So Jackson's in the south central part of Michigan, that lower part of your palm.

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